About the Erasmus Program
The Erasmus Program is a European Union initiative designed to encourage cooperation among higher education institutions. It provides grant funding to enable higher education institutions to develop and implement joint projects and to facilitate short-term student and staff exchanges.
In addition, it aims to develop the higher education system in line with the needs of the business world and to increase the employability of university graduates by fostering stronger relationships and collaboration between higher education institutions and the business community.
What Is the Program’s Purpose?
The program’s objective is to improve the quality of higher education in Europe and strengthen the European dimension. The Erasmus program seeks to achieve this objective by promoting transnational cooperation among universities; facilitating the exchange of students and educators across Europe; and contributing to the academic recognition of studies and degrees earned in participating countries, as well as to the development of transparency. In a Europe that offers higher-quality higher education, graduates will be better-equipped individuals who are better able to meet the expectations of the business world.
Through the mobility opportunities it offers, the program helps break down prejudices in how European peoples perceive one another within higher education circles. Through the Erasmus program, more than 1.5 million higher education students have spent a period of their academic lives in another European country since 1987, gaining the opportunity to get to know the people and culture of that country. As of 2012, the program aims to have 3 million students participate in the Erasmus Program.
Who Can Benefit from the Program and How?
The Erasmus program is open to higher education institutions in the 27 member states of the European Union—which are part of the Lifelong Learning Program—as well as non-EU member states that are part of the European Economic Area, such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway—which are members of the European Economic Area—and Turkey, a candidate country for EU membership. For all activities carried out under the Erasmus program, at least one of the participating institutions must be from an EU member state.
Universities, institutes, academies, and similar institutions recognized as higher education institutions by the relevant official authorities of their countries may apply to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) — the relevant unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture —EACEA), which is the relevant unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and are granted the Erasmus University Charter (EUC), their students and staff may benefit from the Erasmus program. Institutions wishing to organize student internship mobility must obtain an Extended EUC.
Effective as of the 2010–2011 academic year, individuals participating in Student and Staff Mobility activities at institutions holding an EUC must:
- be citizens of the Republic of Turkey, or
- be citizens of other countries but be enrolled as students at a school, vocational school, higher education institution, or adult education institution in Turkey, or be employed in Turkey in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, or be residing in Turkey.
For more information about the Erasmus Program, please visit the websites of our university’s European Union Office and the Turkish National Agency.
European Union Office
http://www.eu.yildiz.edu.tr/eu/
Turkish National Agency
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About the Farabi Program
Commonly referred to as the “Farabi Exchange Program,” the Student and Faculty Exchange Program Among Higher Education Institutions is a student and faculty exchange program between universities and high-tech institutes that offer education-teaching at universities and high-tech institutes.
The Farabi Exchange Program aims to enable students or faculty members to continue their education and teaching activities at a higher education institution other than their own for one or two semesters.
The principles governing the implementation of the Farabi Exchange Program are detailed in the Regulations and the Rules and Procedures.
Farabi (871–950)
He was born in 871 in the city of Farab, Turkestan. He traveled to major centers of learning of the time, such as Bukhara, Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, Harran, and Aleppo. He wrote works in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, logic, political science, and music. In the Islamic world, he enjoys a reputation comparable to that of Aristotle—known as Muallim-i Evvel (the First Teacher)—and is referred to as Muallim-i Sani (the Second Teacher). In the Western world, he is known as “Alpharabius.” He passed away in Damascus in 950.
Regulations
http://farabi.yok.gov.tr//files/2952aa6dd4869622e2675bd73e7a2679.pdf
Principles and Procedures
http://farabi.yok.gov.tr/files/76fecc05b8eb27b6336cd801c23484b2..pdf
For more information:
http://www.farabi.yildiz.edu.tr/
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